Improvement in envelopes



L. HARSH. Envelopes.

No. 198,296. Patented Dec. 18,1877.

NPETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHFB, WASHlNGTDN D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI HABSH, OF GOLDEN CITY, COLORADO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 198,296, dated December 18, 1877; application filed May 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEVI HARSH, of Golden City, in Jefferson county and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Druggists Powder-Envelopes; and I hereby declare that the following is an exact and true description of my invention, which will enable others to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures andletters of reference markedthereon.

The object of my invention is to provide for envelopes or covers for medicinal powders, so as the same may be packed therein, removed and repacked with greater ease, more convenience, and with less liability to spill the powders than in the present used covers.

The envelope may be made of paper, pasteboard, or any other suitable material, and may also serve as an envelope forpapers, letters, &c.

My invention consists in constructing a cover or envelope with an opening in the center sufficiently large to allow the powders, packed in their separate papers, to be introduced through this opening into the envelope. Over the opening is placed a flap or cover, so as to prevent the powders from accidentally dropping out through the opening.

Referring to the drawing, which represents a back view of the envelope or cover, with the flap raised, to show the opening and the powders in the envelope, A is the envelope B, the opening; 0, the flap.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to c1aim The envelope A, provided with an opening, B, extending nearly across the back thereof, and with the closing-flap O, the upper portion of which is sealed across the back, the whole being constructed of one piece of material, as and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed this 7th day of February, 1877.

LEVI HARSH.

Witnesses:

THOMAS A. ARMSTRONG, JOHN F. ARMSTRONG. 

